Brandon L. Southall (auth.), Arthur N. Popper, Anthony's The effects of noise on aquatic life PDF

By Brandon L. Southall (auth.), Arthur N. Popper, Anthony Hawkins (eds.)

ISBN-10: 1441973117

ISBN-13: 9781441973115

The moment overseas convention at the results of Noise on Aquatic lifestyles will happen in eire August 15-20, 2010. the most emphasis of the convention could be on defining the present country of information. besides the fact that, we'll additionally determine development within the 3 years because the First convention. the second one convention will position robust emphasis on contemporary examine effects, the sharing of principles, dialogue of experimental methods, and research of regulatory issues.

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024:1879-3363. Psychophysical Studies of Auditory Masking in Marine Mammals: Key Concepts and New Directions Colleen Reichmuth 1 Introduction In recent years, growing awareness of the potentially harmful effects of human-generated noise has led to concern over whether and how increasing ocean noise levels may adversely affect marine mammals by interfering with their detection of biologically important signals. The consequences of adding noise to an animal’s environment may be studied, in part, by identifying and understanding the ways in which noise alters normal or baseline hearing capabilities.

Chronic stress in humans can cause coronary disease, immune problems, anxiety, depression, cognitive and learning difficulties, and infertility. The onset of stress might correspond to fairly low noise levels that induce a behavioral disturbance or masking. , masking. , of conspecific calls) and thus alter or prevent the ”normal” behavioral response to such signals. Or noise received by a diving animal might induce stress leading to a socalled fight-or-flight response involving rapid surfacing that can cause decompression sickness and injury and ultimately death.

Southall BL, Frankel AS, Ellison WT (2010) Predicting acoustic impact: Considering individuals versus populations. J Acoust Soc Am 127:1802. Southall BL, Nowacek DP (2009) Acoustics in marine ecology: innovation in technology expands the use of sound in ocean science. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 395:1–3. Southall BL, Scholik-Schlomer A (2008) Potential application of vessel-quieting technology on large commercial vessels. Final Report of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration International Conference, 1-2 May 2007, Silver Spring, MD.

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